Shavuot/Shabbat

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$18- if you struggle to meet basic expenses
$36- if your basic needs are met, but you don't have abundance
$54- if you have abundance and would like to contribute extra

Shavuot Kabbalat Shabbat, Tikkun & Revelation Ritual
Friday, May 22

St Stephens Outdoor Sanctuary -650 Robinson Rd Sebastopol, CA 95472

Shavuot arrives as a threshold—fifty days after Passover, we come to receive again the medicine of Matan Torah, the gift of our ancestral wisdom. This is not only a remembering, but a re-opening: a chance to attune ourselves to revelation as a living, breathing possibility.

This year, as Shavuot and Shabbat meet, we gather to enter the festival together—in rhythm with sacred time, in community, and around the fire.

Come as you are. Come ready to listen, sing, learn, teach, and receive.

Schedule

5:00 pm — Gather & Light Sacred Fire 🔥
Arrive early to drop in and join us as we kindle the Sacred Fire.

5:30 pm — Candle Lighting, Kiddush, Motzi & Potluck 🧀
We begin with blessings and shared nourishment. Bring a potluck offering to share! 

6:30 pm — Kabbalat Shabbat Around the Fire 🎶

6:30-8:00 Youth Program 
A special Kabbalat Shabbat will open our space and guide us into the depths of Shavuot.

Shavuot’s Layered Observance: A Teaching with Rabbi Zelig ⛰️
Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, holds many layers. As Chag Matan Torah, we honor the ongoing possibility of revelation—especially in the wild field of the wilderness. As Chag HaBikkurim, we celebrate the first fruits—of the land, and of our lives. 

8 pm — Community Learning Breakout Sessions I 🔯
Makom Shalom community members offer teachings with each other their wisdom in small group break-outs

Cheesecake Break 🍥
A sweet pause. We honor the tradition of dairy on Shavuot, rooted in the abundance of the season.

9:00 pm — Learning Breakout Sessions II 🔯
A second round of community shared wisdom and exploration.

10:00 pm — Revelation Ritual 🙏
At the core of Shavuot is the mythos of revelation at Sinai. And still—revelation is alive. Through guided ritual, we enter the gates of personal and collective receiving.

Midnight → Sunrise — Sacred Fire Time 🔥
For those who wish to stay: the night opens. Story, silence, prayer, and presence around the fire.

This is a night to lean in.
To listen for what is being given.
To remember that revelation is not behind us—but waiting.

We look forward to being in it together.

WHO

Shabbat is open to all, and we look forward to celebrating with you. Makom Shalom is a membership based community, and we hope you will join us. Non-member visitors, please consider making a donation to support this emerging Forest Synagogue .

BRING

Hearty potluck items for the potluck table

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Drinks/desserts for the potluck table

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Snacks for the snack table 

VOLUNTEER

Please email cpenrose@makomshalom.org if you can lend a hand hosting